Staeching machine



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H. MONK.

STAROHING MACHINE.

Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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STARGHING MACHINE.

.No. 391,634. at'ented Oct. 23, 1888.

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H. MONK.

STARGHING MACHINE.

No. 391,634. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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HENRY MONK, OF LElVISTON, MAINE.

STARCHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,634, dated October 23, 1888.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY MONK, of Lewiston, in the county of Androseoggin and State of Maine, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Starching-lVIachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

The invention relates to a starching-maehine having a traversing bed or support for the article to be starched, and one or more starching-rolls arranged over the bed and supported in a manner to permit their being lifted from the bed, and means for simultaneously lifting the rolls from the bed and stopping the ma chine to afford an opportunity for the ready removal of a starched article and the placing of an article to be starched upon the bed and below the roll or rolls.

It further relates to the form of the upper surface of the bed and the relation which the I rolls bear to it.

It also relates to various details of organization and construction, all of which will hereinafter be more fully described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a starching-machine having the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a view'in side elevation thereof. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detail views, to which reference will hereinafter be made.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine. To its front there is attached brackets a, which carry rails or support a a" for the traversing bed B. This bed, which is preferably made of wood, has recesses b I) in its under surface to receive the tracks or support a a and is adapted to be reciproeated by means of the crank c on the driven shaft 0, the connecting-rod 0' connecting the crank with a hanger, 0 extending downward from one end of the bed. The bed preferably is also formed with the concave upper surface, If, the cavity being deepest at the center of its length and extending on a regular line or curve from that point to each end of the bed. The bed also has a longitudinal corrugation, b the inner starch-guard, b, which comprises a long rail attached to the back edge of the bed to project above its upper level, the front guard, b which is also a rail arranged to extend lengthwise the bed along its front edge and preferably set in a groove made therein and extending above the upper surface or level of the bed. There is also secured to one end of the bed the fixed post d, at the other end the removable post d, and each of these posts has a vertical guiderecess, (2*, (see Fig. 3,) for receiving an end of a starclrguard, D,whieh is attached or socured to the shafts carrying the starching-rolls to be elevated and lowered therewith, so that when the rolls are in contact with the bed or with the article upon the bed the guard D is in its lowest position, shutting inside of guard If, and serves to receive the outward spattering of thestarch from the rolls or bed. It is represented as secured to the outer ends of the roll-shafts E by extending reduced sections 6 of the ends of the shafts through enlarged holes 0, formed in the guard. The shafts E are mounted at their rearends in the boxes 6, and each of which is hinged or pivoted at e to a hanger or support, and near their front ends they pass through and are supported by the long boxes 6, which are provided with shoulders e e, and which are arranged to enter the slide-recesses e in the front 'plate of the frame. (See Fig. 4.) These boxes rest on a verticallymovable plate or support, a, (see Fig. 4,) which is arranged to slide upon the inner side of the front plate of the frame, and is held thereto by a bolt, 6. Each of the shafts E supports or carries a starchingroll, F.

I have represented in the drawings four shafts and four starching-rolls. The inner starching-rolls are set a little lower than the outer starching-rolls to fit the curvature of the upper surface of the bed B, and to enable the rolls to take this position I have formed the lifting-plate c with bearingsections e for supporting the movable boxes e, which are slightly lower than the sections e ofthe plate which support the movable boxes of the outer rolls. The rolls are automatically locked in their highest position by means of a latch, G, which is pivoted at 9, (see Fig. 6,) and which is adapted to enter a notch orrecess in the plate a and engage a latching-shoulder, g. This latch G is represented as a gravity-latch,

being always maintained in a position to engage the plate 6 at the end of its upward movement by means of the weight 9*, (see Fig. 2,) which is attached to the rod g extending from the latch at one side of the machine, and the latch is tripped by means of the arm or leverg, (see Fig. 2,) which extends forward from the end of the rod and at the front side of the machine.

H is the receptacle for holding the starch, and h its nozzle, through which the starch is permitted to drip upon the central rolls and bed.

M is the treadle, and it is represented as pivoted at m and as being connected with the slide-plate c by means of a connecting-bar, 112., (see Fig. 2,) so that upon the downward movement of the treadle the slide-plate e is lifted, thereby lifting the rolls F and causing the latch G to engage the plate and hold it lifted and the treadle depressed. This downward movement of the treadle also causes the belt-shifter m to move the belt from the driving-pulley m upon the shaft 0 to the loose pulley m", the shifter m being connected with the treadle by means of the lever m (see Fig. 2,)the rod m, the lever m and connecting-harm and thus upon the lifting of the starching-rolls the reciprocation of the bed B is also stopped; and to stop the machine it is simply necessary to bring the parts into this positionthat is, to lift the starchingrolls until the latch engages the slide-plate. lhe article to be starched is then placed upon the bed B. The latch holding the starehing rolls elevated is then moved by the lever g" to release the rolls, and they drop by their own weight upon the article laid upon the bed,and at the same time cause the shifter m to be moved to shift the belt from the loose pulley m to the driving-pulley m",and the bed is then set in motion and it continues to reciprocate, moving the article to be starched back and forth under the rolls as many times as may be desired and until the treadle is depressed,

raising the rolls and stopping the reciprocation of the bed.

The post d is represented as detachably secured to the bed B by means of a bolt, which passes through a slot formed in its lowerend, and a nut. This is for the purpose of permit ting the ready removal of the starch-guard D. The starch-rolls F preferably are corrugated. By making the bed slightly concave, and by supporting the starch-rolls to in a measure conform to the concave surface, I am enabled to secure a very desirable action of the rollsin forcing the starch into the fabric or article submitted to their action.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United Statcs- 1. In a starching-machine, the combination of a reciprocating bed, B, having a concave surface, as described, with the starching-rolls F,hung or supported to approximate the curve of the bed and mounted upon vertically-movable boxes, as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, in astarching-machine, of a traversing bed, the starching-rolls F, and a lifting-plate for moving the rolls vertically in relation to the bed, and an automatic lock for engaging the roll-lifting device and holding it in its elevated position, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a starchinganachine, of a traversing bed, the starching-rolls F,hung or supported in a manner to permit of their vertical movement in relation to the bed, a roll-lifting plate actuated by a treadle for providing the roll with a vertical movement in relation to the bed, and an automatic latch or look for engaging the lifting-plate when in its highest position,a shaft connected with the bed B to cause it to be moved, said shaft havinga fast-and-loose pulley thereon, and a belt-shifter connected with the treadle or lever, whereby, upon the upward movement and latching of the rolls, the belt is caused to be shifted from the driven to the loose pulley and the movement of the bed stopped, substantially as described.

4. The combination, in a starching-maehine, of a traversing bed, B, the vertically-moving rolls F, and the starehing-guard D, carried by said rolls, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, in astarching-maehine, of a traversing bed, B, the rolls F, their shafts E, the hinged boxes c, the boxes c, having the shoulders e e", and arranged to slide in their respective slideways 6 and the slide-plate e adapted to be operated to lift the rolls, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the rolls F, the shaft E,thevertically-movablebearing-blocks e,and the slide-plate 6 having the bearing-section e for the inner bearing-blocks and the bearing-sections e for the outer bearing-blocks, substantially as and for the purposes described.

7. The combination of the bed and means for providing it with a traversing movement, the

'starching-rolls and plate for lifting them and holding them removed from the bed when the machine is not, in operation, and mechanism for starting the machine connected with the said roll-lifting plate, whereby upon releasing the rolls their vertical movement causes the machine to be set in operation, as and for the purposes described.

HENRY MONK.

Witnesses:

Anson O. WIGHT, F. F. RAYMOND, 2d. 

